More Max Reviews
The reviews for Max have been just about universally positive out there since the game was released. Here's a sampling of what's out there:
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http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/news/news.pl?y=2001&m=7&nid=25-146.db
"Remedy's Max Payne, a perennial favorite at recent E3 conferences due to
its long development cycle, finally hit store shelves nationwide today, much
to the joy of thousands of eager PC gamers. After spending a brief amount of
time with the game today, it's pretty clear that their (and my) anticipation
was not misplaced: Max Payne's combination of great visuals, tight
storytelling, and intense gameplay make it easily the best single-player
action game released to date this year."
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http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2799311,00.html
Rating: 92%
"It's not often you get an outstanding and original action game that's not just different from all other shooters to date, but also in many ways superior."
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http://pc.ign.com/reviews/11645.html
Rating: 93%
I can honestly say that Max Payne lives up to the hype. The game itself is a third-person shooter that recounts a dark and dirty flashback of undercover DEA agent Max Payne. And when I say dark, I mean pitch black. It's so gritty it almost made me sick at times -- but I mean that in a good way. The story is so well told and so involved that it's like you're playing a John Woo blockbuster on your computer. To say the story in Max Payne is intense is an understatement. [I]t's a non-stop thrill-ride the whole way through. The high-res textures in the game are some of the best I've ever seen, and make the game environments look super-realistic. [Max] is a title you absolutely must not miss if you're an action gamer.
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http://www.pixelkill.com/articles/reviews/m/max_payne/
no rating
Max Payne is superb, a thrill ride from start to finish that just gets better and better until you reach the literally explosive ending. Max Payne is an adrenaline-fuelled joy from start to finish.
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http://www.oldmarriedguys.com/?cat=1&subcat=7&special=1063
Rating: 96%
Max Payne has a wow factor of 10.
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http://www.voodooextreme.com/games/reviews/maxpayne/
Rating: 92%
The graphics in Max Payne are hands-down the best I've ever seen in any third person game released to date. The near photo-realistic texture support is stunning, and the weapon models look authentic down to the ammunition they fire (which you can actually see in 'bullet-time' mode). The game's textures are without a doubt of the highest visual quality, and even with the vividness they posses, don't slow the game's performance down much at all...I was completely engrossed throughout. The level design in Max Payne is fabulous...the nicest collection of levels I've seen in any game, period. Max Payne is by far the most stylish third person action game I've played and I'm still marveling at its beauty and bullet-time inspired game play.
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Peliplaneetta (Finnish)
http://www.peliplaneetta.net/arvostelut/tietokonepelit/101/
Rating: 92%
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PC Alpha (French)
http://www.pcalpha.com/articles.php3?article=51&page=1
Rating: 94%
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Stomped (an email from one of their writers):
I just wanted to let you and all the people associated with Max Payne know that it is one of the greatest, if not greatest game of all time! Listening to the readers of Stomped in irc along with people associated with other sites it looks like a lot of people agree with my view.
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http://www.telefragged.com/reviews/maxpayne/
Rating: 91%
This is hands down the best third-person camera view that I've seen. The aftermath of a gunfight is obvious in Max Payne; dozens of bullet holes and casings litter a room, and many objects will be destroyed, smashed, or otherwise blown apart during the gunplay.
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http://www.game-over.net/reviews.php?id=632
Rating: 90%
Unlike Tomb Raider, Max Payne kicks ass. It kicks some serious ass. We're talking impressive graphics, great story, excellent atmosphere, great music, hilarious (though sometimes forced) one-liners, great puns on games/movies, you name it, it's there.
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http://www.pcarena.com/action/reviews/maxpayne/review/review.html
Rating: 9/10
The graphics are stunning - probably the best we've ever seen in a computer game. The environments are damn near photo realistic, with walls that crater convincingly when shot. Without a doubt, Max Payne is the Action Game to get for 2001! It looks good and oozes style from every pore. A definitive must-have!
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http://gameguru.box.sk/full.php3?show=5204
Max Payne gameplay is EXCELLENT and also very intuitive and you should have no trouble getting the movements and how to interact in the world of Max Payne in the 3rd-person perspective. Max Payne is definitely an excellent game, if you like 3D shooters and John Woo movies you must have it!
Rating: 93%
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http://firingsquad.gamers.com/games/maxpaynereview/
If you're in the mood for a stunning action game with what may be the coolest new gameplay effect in years, we can't recommend a better title. Max Payne is going to be the de facto standard third person.
Rating: 9/10
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http://www.gamerspulse.com/reviews_2001/PC/max_payne/maxpayne.shtml
A good game/movie/book/comic draws you in and erases that boundary between the media and the reader/watcher/player. Max Payne is a great game in that respect for as you play you start to feel his anger and sadness. Your outrage at the final plot point and the satisfaction at the grand finale are moments of gaming greatness. The end is perfect and damn satisfying. [O]ne of the best games to come out in recent memory.
Rating: 98%
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http://www.barrysworld.com/content/reviews.asp?Article=133
[T]here's action, style and a distinct personality and coolness about the whole game. [Bullet-time] is possibly the most stylish addition to a videogame since the inclusion of polygons! Graphically Max Payne is amazing, it is a true step up in quality. The game simply oozes personality.
Rating: 9/10
Posted by Joe Siegler on August 2, 2001 at 12:15 PM | Permalink
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